Is BBS5 p.Gly45= (c.135A>G) pathogenic?

BBS5 p.Gly45= (c.135A>G) is classified Likely benign in BBS5 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2023-01-31). Absent from gnomAD v4.1; Associated with Bardet-Biedl syndrome.

What condition is associated with BBS5 p.Gly45= (c.135A>G)?

BBS5 p.Gly45= (c.135A>G) is associated with Bardet-Biedl syndrome (ClinVar).

How common is BBS5 p.Gly45= (c.135A>G) in the general population?

BBS5 p.Gly45= (c.135A>G) is absent from gnomAD v4.1 (gnomAD).

How is Bardet-Biedl syndrome inherited?

Typically Autosomal recessive, Oligogenic (Orphanet). A genetic counselor can assess individual risk for a family.

BBS5 p.Gly45=

c.135A>G · rs2468033242 · VCV2833109

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Not reported

no allele count reported in gnomAD v4.1 (AN 1,570,022)

Conditions

Bardet-Biedl syndrome

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP -1.4	GERP -3.2
Overall
CADD	7.278	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

No allele count reported in gnomAD v4.1 (AN 1,570,022). This is missing data, not an absence: the variant may or may not be present in gnomAD. Rarity (ACMG PM2) and BA1/BS1 cannot be assessed for it.

Variant & gene context

Gene: BBS5
Protein: p.Gly45=
Coding: c.135A>G
MANE Select: NM_152384
dbSNP: rs2468033242
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr2:169482326 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.884 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI gene assoc. with recessive phenotype (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 88.87 · 1 PDB

Full BBS5 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

Bardet-Biedl syndrome — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For Bardet-Biedl syndrome (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal recessive, Oligogenic
Onset: Antenatal, Childhood, Infancy, Neonatal
Prevalence: 1-9 / 100 000 (Specific population)

Similar variants

BBS5 p.Gly45Arg Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same residue
BBS5 c.143-1G>C Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
BBS5 c.209-1G>A Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
BBS5 c.209-2A>G Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
BBS5 c.522+3A>G Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
BBS5 c.681+1G>T Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
BBS5 p.Arg138Cys Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
BBS5 p.Arg138His Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition

Built on 18 open, versioned datasets — ClinVar, gnomAD, AlphaMissense, REVEL, ClinGen & more — plus Sugi Variant's own cross-source analysis. Source data 2026-01–2026-10, ClinVar 2026-10. Full sources & versions →

Cite Sugi Variant

Gür T. Sugi Variant: A Deterministic Per-Variant Germline Reference from a Knowledge Graph for Humans and AI Agents. 2026. doi:10.5281/zenodo.21509445. This variant: https://sugi.bio/variant/bbs5-p-gly45 (accessed [today's date]).

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